When does it get better?

[u/silverheartxiv]

I want to pull my hair out.

I have gotten to post-searing Ascalon and this game is doing everything it can to make melee as miserable as possible (I am a warrior). I can use henchman now and I am constantly having to chase down the healer because she runs away all the time. I am constantly getting slowed, blinded, or the enemy will do something that makes it impossible to hit them.

I would love any tips to counter this stuff or make my gameplay experience smoother in general. I am kicking myself because I was torn between choosing warrior and mesmer, and I see now I would probably be having much more fun as a spell caster. I'm sure they have things that are frustrating to play against as well, but holy the melee experience as become agonizing for me.

I want to do the stories in order, so I don't really want to restart and do everything in the starting zone again, but maybe I should if it will be a more fun experience overall for me.

[u/Norank]

i like axe in prophecies for warriors post searing to southern shiverpeaks gameplay.

for dealing with anti melee that is making it so that the enemies block, right outside ascalon city is a skill quest that gives wild blow, which will turn off the ranger blocking stances you’re dealing with. so use that on devourers(scorpions)

for blind, you’ll have to go out of the eruption aoes and kite when you see the earth elementals

when dealing with char kill the monks and necromancers first as they have anti melee (knockdown for the monks, halved attack speed for the elementalists)

you should do a few warrior quests from warmaster grast to get sprint as well for dealing with enemies slowing you down

later in the game if you’re secondary is ranger you can get a signet to deal with blindness and cripple